♥️ Can birds Love each other? ♥️

By @florian-glechner1/2/2026birdphotography

Sometimes I have the rare luck of seeing some birds doing mating rituals and mating dances as well as bonding rituals. On these rare occasions I am lucky when I have my camera with me and get some nice closup shots of the birds like in these pictures here. I know we humans probably interpret a little bit more into some of these acts but I really think that there is not only love that exist in our humand world but also in the animal world and it is more than hormones and reproduction to it. I am happy that I was lucky to already be able to take some nice bird pictures that show this ♥️ Love ♥️ if we want to call it like that.

I hope I will have some nice moments like these also in the future and that I can watch several nice animal and bird action some time soon.

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Black winged stilts doing their mating dance. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera used Nikon D500
Lens used Sigma 150-600 mm lens
Filter used none
Exposure Time 1/1000 Seconds
Aperture used F6.3
Focal Length 600 mm
Time 10:41 am
ISO 100

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A couple of great crested grebe on the nest. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera used Nikon Z6II
Lens used Sigma 150-600 mm lens + FTZ
Filter used none
Exposure Time 1/2000 Seconds
Aperture used F6.3
Focal Length 600 mm
Time 01:14 pm
ISO 100

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Northern gannets in Love. Picture: Florian Glechenr.

Camera used Nikon Z6II
Lens used Sigma 150-600 mm lens + FTZ
Filter used none
Exposure Time 1/1000 Seconds
Aperture used F6.3
Focal Length 600 mm
Time 08:14 am
ISO 100